RWE And Total Energies: Progress in The Construction of The Oranje Wind Offshore Wind Farm in The Netherlands
Essen, Germany - The energy utility RWE wants to increase its global offshore wind power capacity to 10,000 MW (10 GW) by 2030. RWE and Total Energies are now making progress with the joint construction of the 795 MW Oranje Wind offshore wind farm in the Netherlands.
RWE and Total Energies choose Eemshaven as base port for offshore wind farm Oranje Wind
The port of Eemshaven is located on the North Sea coast in the northern Dutch province of Groningen. RWE and Total Energies have now signed an agreement with Buss Terminal Eemshaven via their joint venture Oranje Wind.
Thomas Michel, Chief Operating Officer RWE Offshore Wind: “The choice of base port for construction is crucial for any offshore wind project. Buss Terminal Eemshaven has the necessary capacity and infrastructure to efficiently realize our Oranje Wind project. For this reason, we have decided to use the Buss Terminal for Oranje Wind. At the same time, the terminal supports the construction of our North Sea cluster projects off Juist and Thor off the Danish coast.”
With an expected annual electricity generation of around three billion kilowatt hours, Oranje Wind will produce enough green electricity to supply more than one million Dutch households, RWE and Total Energies announced.
Construction work for Oranje Wind offshore wind farm to start in 2026
Construction work at sea for the Oranje Wind offshore wind farm will start in early 2026. The Buss Terminal in Eemshaven will handle the unloading, storage, handling and pre-assembly of the main turbine components and the cabling between the wind turbines for the wind farm.
The monopile foundations will be transported from the Sif production facility in the port of Rotterdam directly to the wind farm site at sea. TKF will manufacture and supply the cables for the internal farm cabling, while DEME will be responsible for the transportation and installation of these cables. The grid operator Tennet will facilitate the offshore grid connection.
The installation of Oranje Wind's 53 turbines (15 MW turbines from Vestas) is scheduled to begin in early 2027 and be completed by the end of 2027. Oranje Wind is located approximately 278 km from Eemshaven.
RWE is already using Buss Terminal in Eemshaven for the Danish offshore wind farm Thor
By using the port in Eemshaven, RWE and Total Energies can leverage synergy effects. RWE is currently using the Buss Terminal in Eemshaven to handle the monopile foundations for the Danish offshore wind project Thor. At the same time, preparations are already being made for the construction of the German offshore wind project Nordseecluster A.
The agreement for the Oranje Wind project stipulates that a marshalling area totaling 35 to 40 hectares will be used to handle the two projects Oranje Wind and Nordseecluster B simultaneously.
RWE increases global offshore wind power capacity to 10,000 MW by 2030
The energy utility RWE already operates 19 offshore wind farms. Four offshore wind farms with a total capacity of almost 4,900 MW (4.9 GW) are currently under construction. In addition to Oranje Wind (795 MW) in the Netherlands, RWE is currently constructing the British wind farm Sofia (1.4 GW), the Danish offshore wind farm Thor (1.1 GW) and the German offshore wind farm Nordseecluster A and B (1.6 GW in total) north of the German island of Juist.
RWE AG has set itself the goal of tripling its global offshore wind capacity from 3.3 GW today to 10 GW in 2030.
Source: IWR Online, Dec 12 2024